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substandard adj.标准以下的；不合规格的 (1) 仍有太多家庭居住条件达不到标准。(2) 这些都是次品。 A standard is a quality by which something is judged, and sub can mean “under” like a submarine that goes under water. So things that are substandard fall below most people's standards — they're deficient in some way. A computer that stops working after two weeks is substandard. A car with faulty brakes is substandard. Substandard things are the opposite of well-made things. Turning in substandard work is a good way to get a bad grade.

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英 [ˌsʌb'stændəd] 美 [ˌsʌb'stændərd] (1) Too many families are still living in substandard housing.(2) These are all substandard products. Something substandard is below standard — it’s shoddy or inferior. If your final paper for honors English class is scribbled on a torn sheet of notebook paper, that’s substandard work that you’ll probably have to do over. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不够标准的；不合格的；差劲的；劣质的 A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard. Residents in general are poor and undereducated, and live in sub-standard housing.居民们普遍都很贫穷，受教育程度低，居住条件较差。

英语单词	substandard
英美音标	英 [ˌsʌb'stændəd] 美 [ˌsʌb'stændərd]
中文释义	adj.标准以下的；不合规格的
英语例句	(1) Too many families are still living in substandard housing. (2) These are all substandard products.
中文例句	(1) 仍有太多家庭居住条件达不到标准。 (2) 这些都是次品。
vocabulary简明	Something substandard is below standard — it’s shoddy or inferior. If your final paper for honors English class is scribbled on a torn sheet of notebook paper, that’s substandard work that you’ll probably have to do over.
vocabulary扩展	A standard is a quality by which something is judged, and sub can mean “under” like a submarine that goes under water. So things that are substandard fall below most people's standards — they're deficient in some way. A computer that stops working after two weeks is substandard. A car with faulty brakes is substandard. Substandard things are the opposite of well-made things. Turning in substandard work is a good way to get a bad grade.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不够标准的；不合格的；差劲的；劣质的 A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard. Residents in general are poor and undereducated, and live in sub-standard housing. 居民们普遍都很贫穷，受教育程度低，居住条件较差。

Substandard Housing Standard Work Things Sub Standard 英 ˌsʌb'stændəd] 美